Dress-form



(No Model.)

' P. A. SMITH.

DRESS FORM.

INVENTOH Przulence-zZJmZZk V ATTORNEY.

THE NORRIS PETERS c0 puur'ouma, WASHINGTON, u. c.

. NITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE;

PRUD ENCE A. SMITH, on PINE HILL, NEW YORK.

r DRESS-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 532,602, dated anuairy 15, 1895.

Application filed June 26, 1894 Serial No. 515.735- (No model.)

. Pine Hill, Ulster county, State of New York,

dress forms and consists in the mechanical have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Dress-Forms, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in construction thereof hereinafter fully shown and described.

The object of my invention is to provide a form to which a garment may be fitted, the said form to possess the following qualities,- simplicity, lightness, com pactness, durability and effectiveness.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 Fig. 1.

Similarletters refer to similarparts through out the several views.

My invention is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 asdbeing supportedon suitable legs or standar s. a

A is the exterior casing formed from suitable material substantially non-elastic. This casing A is made to correspond with the human form, which it is desired to duplicate. The lower edge of this case is secured to a suitable base B corresponding to the contour of the human form. The upper extremity or the neck portion of this case is by preference closed in a similar manner. By preference the arm portions are omitted, and the spaces left thereby are closed by suitable caps D.

E is an inner flexible air bag of any suit able forin,but by preference sufficiently large so as to normally fill the entire case A without stretching to a sufficient extent to cause any material degree of tension.

By preference I provide in the inside of the casing A a vertical partition F of any suitable material, the said partition being cutso that it corresponds with the upright lines of the body which may be determined by caliper r i r measurements taken on the human form on substantially the line through which said partition is to extend. This partition extends substantially the entire length of the casing, although it may not be secured to either the upper or the lower extremity of said casing. When this partition is used, the air-bag used is bifurcated, the point of connection being near the upper or lower extremity, so that a single air-tube G will suffice to inflate the.

If desirable a suitable door Hmay be same. provided through which the air-bag may be inserted.

In operation, the bag E is in dated until the exterior casing A is sufficiently firm to fit the dress thereto. A suitable valveI is provided in the air-tube G to check the outward flow of air.

J J are perforations provided at suitable points in the casing A.

K K are'buttons secured to the inner air chamber E at points corresponding to the perforations in the case A. Through these perforations the buttons project, so that, when the air-bag is deflated and the casinglis compressed into the narrow space,'the extremities of the air-bag will not be displaced materially, thereby causing the air-chamber to resume the proper position within the outer casing when it is again inflated. particular importance when there is a partition F provided in the casing as above described. It is obvious that, instead of the standards shown in the drawings upon which the dress-form rests, any other suitable standard may be provided.

In operation, the bag is inflated byforcing air into the tube G until the tension of the This is of It is obvious that several partitions may be V the reason that, if the outer casing A is made sufficiently strong and of substantially nonelastic material, and so that it is a correct fit, the air-bag when. inflated within the said casing will cause the same to assume the correct shape.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. Adress form comprisingacollapsiblecuter casing of substantially non-elastic material secured to a rigid base, and an inner air-bag,

and means for inflating said bag, substanmetric measurements of the figure and secured 20 to substantially corresponding and opposite inner sides of the casing, in combination with a bifurcated air-bag and means for inflating the same, substantially as described.

4. A dress form comprising a collapsible casing A of substantially non-elastic material, secured to the base B, and provided with the upright partition F, in combination with an inner air-bag E, tube G and valve I, and with the buttons K K adapted to be inserted 0 through the perforations J J in the outer casing, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

PRUDENOE A. SMITH.

Witnesses:

EDWIN BURTON, DANIEL SMITH. 

